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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-05-12, Page 2ttir CIRCUS AT HIS FINGERTIPS — While his friend PO-ens„; aiittle boy gets his hand guided to the nose of a circus clown. The youngsters were among, a group of blind children who at- tended the big show, Supplied with earphones, they listen to the action. 'TABLE TALKS eJate Andoews "One clay," he surs. ,t1w little girl going to a bakery with a gift sack of the flour to have it turned into, noodles. Na- turally, she paid for the service. So I thought: Why can't we make noodles ourselves?" With -the help of the CRS and tho Tiong Kong Junior Chamber of Commerce, Father Itumanieldu set lip his first factory in 1957, Today there are nine in Hong Kong, and others in the Philip- pines, Macao, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Korea. "Romy's noodles" are made of • 75 per cent wheat flour, 20 per cent corn meal, nod 3 per cent milk powder. A b. w con- sumers complain that they turn out mushy and that corn meal and mills powder spoil the atste. Romy's are, to be sure, ,inlike the Cantonese product -- usual - ly flour, water, and egg Still, the rate of consumption indi- cates that they are not too bad, "For centuries;" Father Ro- maniello says, "my Italian fore- bears enjoyed spaghetti, the se- cret brought from China by Mat'- co Polo, Now I'm returning Roa- dies to the Chinese at the rate of about 5 million pounds a year," — From NEWSWEEK, Where The Curfew Rings At Nine Every night at 9 o'clock, 365 clays a year, year after year, for 95 years the historic curfew bell at Bristol, Conn., has clang- ed 99 times. From atop a belfry of one of the Wallace and Barnes Com- pany buildings, the old bell has a cord stretching to the ground which a watchman on his rounds each night pulls 99 times, just as it was done in the curfew-law days. The curfew was a warning for children to get off the streets into their homes. When the cur- few was abolished, the custom. of ringing the bell was continued. as a Bristol tradition. An official of the Wallace and Barnes Com. patty said it will continue to ring. Records show the bell was or- dered by the Bristol Mining Company, then known as the Cooper Company, from an East Hampton company more than 100 years ago. Shortly afterward it was purchased by Col. Edward L. Dunbar and installed on the Dunbar and Barnes factory-, which later was absorbed by Wallace and Barnes Company, a division of Associated Springs. The Dunbar hell was first used to start and stop work at the factory. Subsequently the police asked that i,t be used as curfew warning at 9 p.m. Teen- agers in those days who were found wandering beyond the allotted time were escorted to their parents and given warning not to meander again after they heard the bell ri in Ringing the bell as a starting' and stopping signal to workers was given up years ago. ARTISTS 51013Y 13li5INE55 — umbrellas do mote ilibh "keep the rain off Giu§geope ,,7111t e who uses bits df broken burnbertheela to farm, art works hi Rome, The 45-year-old painter' tolls hit new creative ided "uenbrellitni.'" Royalty Visits A Fashion Show A green halo hovered ever the willows, Croenaea spread a PUrs Pie and gold carpet beneath the elnlend trees, Burgeoning Park- `land set the spring scene for the Visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen. Mother, and Princess Margaret la) a stately home at Osterley Park here recently. The royal ladies, were to see a show of spring and summer clothes which would probably influence the Princess in her choice of a trousseau for the royal wedding May 6, In the long gallery of the six- teenth-century mansion, built in the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth, the Princess saw mod- els from London's 11 top cou- turiers. Americans and Canadians, too. will have opportunities to see most of these clothes. "From Tweed to Tiara," designed by members of the Incorporated So- ciety of London Fashion Design. ers, will be presented in New York on April 20 under the sponsorship of the Fashion Group, Inc. British mannequins will show the clothes at a gala dinner in the ballroom of the Hotel Astor, New York. Subsequent showings will be at the ,British Embassy in Wash- ington, in Los Angeles, New Or- leanss Toronto, and Montreal, arid atetise Fashion Group's other branch'e"St'rfaoin coast to coast of North America. It is interesting to meditate on the contrast in setting and at- mosphere between the news- world presentations and that for Princess• Margaret in the court- try house built by Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange in 1577. In tradition- haunted Osterley Park thought was centred on clothes for a royal wedding, "What will the Princess choose?" Many of the visitors in the long gallery pondered this se they sat on small gilt chairs under Grecian goddesses stitched into priceless Beauvais tapest- ries. Flowers filled the pewter bars of white marble fireplaces where oak logs have sparked through the centuries. An Adam-style door opened. (The Adam Brothers restyled the houge in 1771.) The audience baited expectantly. Eeveryone stood up. The Queen Mather and Princess Margaret entered. We curtsied. The model girls curtsied. The royal visitors took their seats, Soft music played and the man- nequins formed the moving pat- terns of a fashion ballet on the dais which stretched the length of the long banqueting hail. Each model from Norman Hartnell (who is designing the wedding dress) and Victor Stie- bel(making the going-away Suit) was considered as to whe- ther it would suit the petite fa- ahion-conscious Princess, writes Melita Knowles in the Christian Science Monitor. Would a Royal Princess who has broken with tradition to marry a commoner, Antony Armstrong-Jones, strike out and choose a new cOlor-range for her trousseau? How about that sumptuous emerald satin semi- formal with its dramatic em- broidered jacket outlined with mink? Or the cerise satin with Spanish-style mantilla and pill- box hat? Or any of 22 ball-gowns worn with tiaras? Since the New York showing is a gala occasion, there will be less tweed and more tiaras than at Osterley Park, Mrs, John Hay `Whitney, wife of the United Mates Ambassador to London, is ISSUE 16 — 1960 elping to choose the collection or New York, Meanwhile talk of weddings is in the spring air over London, The tulips are coming into bloom, making patches of ..crim- ..Oto in the royal parks, The forsythia scatters gold over bare brown branches. The tall gilt- tipped railings outside Bucking. ham Palace are being refurbish- ed, The Joneses gather •together to give a wedding present to Prin. cess Margaret and the man .who has shed such distinction over. the clan. The gift will be handed to a charity. Surprisingly, the ini- tiative comes not from Wales, traditional home of the Joneses, but from Scotland. And in the secret recesses of Norman Hartnell's workrooms embroideresses ply their needles samples of embroidery for the royal wedding dress. How much will these be influs (need by the stately elegance of the apring presentation at Oster- ley Park? The Mute's Last Joke Gabriel Germaneau stomped in from the barnyard on his farm near Poitiers. "Girls and their partiea," he snorted. "All this chatter and confusion. All this money for new dresses just for a costume ball." "But Papa," said his daughter Yolande. "Am I not beautiful?" She pirouetted before him and smiled her prettiest. "And Papa, look 'at this," said another daughter, Gisete. She put on the mask she would wear at the party and blinked her dark eyelashes at him "C'e s t b i en," Germaneau grumped. "But behave your- selves. And don't forget to say good-by to your sistey Laure." "Of course, Papa," they said. They pecked Laure on both cheeks. "So sorry, ma chere, that your Bernard could not take you tonight," they told her. Seventeen-year-old Laure did not hear the words, She is deaf and almost mute. But Laure understood. Her fiancé, 20-year- old Bernard Binet, had relatives visiting, and of course he couldn't come. Papa Germaneau settled down with his pipe. A younger bro- ther, Gerard, read. An hour passed. Then suddenly sounds like ,gunfire rattled the win- dows. "We are being attacked," Ger- ard gasped. He slammed the front door tight and then bolted it. "Robbers!" cried Germaneau. He loaded his old rabbit gun and shouted for the intruder to leave. No answer. Germaneau tiptoed to the attic and peered from a small win- , dow. In the shadows he saw a man with a white mask over his face. Again, he shouted a warn- ing, But the stranger gave no answer, That was enough. Ger- maneau raised the gun to his shoulder and fired. The man at the door pitched forward. By the time the fallen man's mask was removed it was too late. "Papa," sobbed Laure, forming her words painfully and slowly. "My little Bernard is dead." Bernard, who was as deaf as Laure and completely mute, had meant it all as a joke, He had bought firecrackers to startle the family before making a grand entrance to announce that he could take Laura to the costume party after all, But because of his deafness Bernard could not, hear Papa Germaneau's stern warnings, And if he could have heard, he could not have replied. If you like a dessert to serve warm, try this chocalte chip meringue pudding. CHOCOLATE CHIP QUEEN PUDDING 3 cups %-inch cubes stale cake 1/2 cup sugar 14 teaspoon salt 2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks 3 cups scalded milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 package chocolate chips 2 egg whites Dash of salt 4 tablespoons sugar Place cake cubes in greased 8%-inch casserole. Add the Ye- cup sugar and Y4 teaspoon salt to the 2 eggs and 2 egg yolks and beat slightly. Add milk and vanilla. Pour over cake and mix well. Bake in 350° oven about 50 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over pudding; cover with meringue which you have made by beating egg whites with the dash of salt until foamy then adding the 4 tablespoons sugar gradually, beating after each ad- dition until sugar is blended and mixture stands in peaks. Return pudding to oven and bake about 12 minutes. Serve warm, Serves 6-8. * a. Another serve-hot dessert is soufflé. Here is ont using coco- nut. COCONUT SOUFFLE 1% cups milk 14 cup granulated tapioca 1 tablespoon butter 2 egg yolks, well beaten V teaspoon vanilla 14 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup coconut, shredded 2 egg whites, beaten stiffly Scald milk in double boiler add tapioca and cook until clear; add butter. Combine egg yolks, vanilla, sugar, 'gait and % cup coconut; add milk mixture and mix well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into buttered baking dish; place in pan of hot water. Bake at 350° F, for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remain- ing coconut; bake another 20-30 minutes, or until soufflé is firm. * This made-beforehand dessert uses lady fingers and is seasoned with lemon juice. It should chill for about 8 hours. LEMON REFRIGERATOR HALO 24 marshmallows 1 pint whipping cream 1 envelope plain gelatin 2 cups water la clip lemon juice 11/2 cups sugar 2 dozen lady fingers Soften gelatin in a's cup cold water, Cut marshmallows fine and soak in whipping cream for 3 minutes; bring sugat and re- maining water to boil. Add sugar syrup to gelatin mixture, Add lemon juice and cool. When gel- atin mixture begins to stiffen. fold in marshmallow-cream mix- ture which you have beaten stiff Line a 9-inch coring form pan with the lady finger4: pour in mixture and chill, If you're having a family din- ner, here is a dessert that serves 16. This, too may be made the clay before serving, ANGEL bottle (8-Oz.) maras^hino CliertieS T package (4-64) marsh inalloWS I can (9-OZ.-) crushed pine. apple tablespoon gelatin t (tip milk 1 pint heavy cream, whipped J. entp hIstiiiilied alnitinds I, l0 iicli angel tend cake Quarter cherries and cut marshmallows into small pieces. Drain pinapple and coinbirie with cherries end marshreal- lews, Let stand for Omit 2 hours, Soften pclatin ih 14 cup cold milk. Heat remaining 1/2 cup milk and add to softened gelatin. Refrigerate until gela- tin is partially set. Add fruit mixture and almonds. Fold into whipped cream. Slice cake hori- zontally into 3 equal-sized lay- ers. Spread fruit filling between cake layers and over top and sides of cake. Chill until mix- ture is firm. Refrigerate until served. This dessert has a nutted cara- mel center enclosed in vanilla ice cream in a melon mold. For the caramel, use the new caramel chips. CARAMEL CHIP BOMBE 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened % cup caramel chips 2 tablespoons water % pint whipping cream 1/2 cup chopped nuts Line a 1-quart melon mold with ice cream. Freeze until firm — about 1 hour. Meanwhile, combine ..caramel ..chips . with swater in a saucepan and melt over low heat. Cool to room temperature. Whip cream. Fold melted chips and nuts into cream. Spoon into center of mold. Freeze until firm — takes 4-5 hours or overnight. Unmold to serve, Serves 6. Alphabet Soup! Seldom has any good been said about the American bureaucratic habit of making alphabet soup out of the names of Government agencies. But, at least to one who 'speaks English, our alphabet soup makes more sense than the Ger- man variety. The West Germany military has decided to abbre- viate titles as a means of cut- ting down communications cost. And it has come up with some beauties such as Ofap, Ostbtsm Pzfu, and Pzpi. These stand for, in order, Oberfeldapotheker (in e d i c a 1 corpsman), Oberstabsbootsmann (chief petty officer), Panzer- funker (tank radio operator), and Paneerpionier (armored en- gineer). Still, maybe it's not so bad. Looking the thing over carefully, the alphabet soup is as easy to pronounce as the full titles for those who can't speak German, —The Milwaukee Journal. CaHing All The Jones Family ! Hereafter it is going to cost at least a shilling to keep up with the Joneses in Britain, And it every Jones among the land's 500,000 Joneses does his duty, there will bp $70,000 to present as a charity wedding gift when the Jones boy, Antony Armstrong-Jones is married to Princess Margaret, May 6. Sydney Jones of t h e Edin- burgh Joneses dreamed up the idea and last week became chairman ti; a committee of ,Toneses to handle the money (address: The Inneses, 25 Char. Icitte Square, Edinburgh, 2). First contributions canto from Scotland but larger contrib.i- tions are expected from Jones- heavy Wales Where the name (it means son of John) was first introduced in the. eleventh cen- tury. Hyphenated Joneses, na- turally, are expected to cOntri. butt end there are hopes rti tapping the rich Jones field iii the tf.S. There are 1,065,000 American Joneses but, according to the Amerlean Name Society for the study of onomastics, their numbers still rank far behind tho Smiths (1,525,011 and the .Tolinsoria (1 ,009,774). Drive With (ace SOME DISH gift intended for Princess Grace of Monaco, this hand-cut crystal .bowl is displayed by a beauty in Paris. Every Family Should Have One It will be known as "The Freedom Room." Measuring 8 by 1.2 feet, it will be empty — ex- cept for a mat and a punching bag. Off and on, the cubicle will also contain one angry youngster, who will be encour- aged to "punch" out his fury and so avoid a tantrum. Designed by Dr. Jerome Schul- man, a 35-year-old psychiatrist, this novel "treatment room" for psychologically disturbed boys and girls is planned as part of a $5.5 million addition to Chica- go's famous Children's Memorial Hospital. "The Freedom Room is not for punishment," explained the Bronx-born Dr. Schulman, di- rector of the Child Guidance and Child Development clinics at the hospital. "It's simply a place for a child to work off his aggres- sions."" One of the big problems in child guidance is that of the disturbed child who throws a tantrum and so disturbs other children. "Some children con- trive tantrums so they will `get smething,'" Dr. Schulman point- ed out recently. "Others have been treated unfairly at home. They are spanked, and it doesn't work. Now, at we handle their aggressions in the manner to which they have become accus- tomed (by punishment), it tends to produce other aggressions. So we have created this room in which there is nothing destruct- ible, and the child is permitted. in fact, encouraged, to do any- thing he likes, When he feels like it, he leaves. But if he acts up after he leaves the room, he is taken back." The Freedom Room is primar- ily for disturbed children. But, says Dr. Schulman: "I have had about two dozen adults come ask me if they'll be allowed to use it, too, He Mikes., Noodles In The Lord's Nome In the cnurtyard of a Tung Walt hospital in Hong Kong .one afternoon recently, several hun- dred refugees from Red China lined up for their weekly ,quota of noodles. Children, a few MOP, and mothers with babies slung on their backs filed slowly by to pick up the 5-pound bags bearing the legend in English and !Chinese: "A gift of the peo- ple of the 'United States. Distri buted by Catholic Relief Ser- NCWC.". At onerefngeedrpeso!zeld Ih ctedle-ua4ueadl dark rags timidly approached the heavy-set priest supervising the distribution, "Father;" he. said in Cantonese, "I want to tell you how grateftd I am. Each evening when. I come to the roof- top where we live, my wife waits for me anxiously. In the Past, if I turned up my palms to show that I hadn't been able to make my $5 (88 cents US.). that day, she'd sigh and the children would go to bed with- out supper. Now itf I turn up my hands she pulls down the noo- dles and we all have some- thing to eat, We can go to bed. feeling that tomorrow's another clay." Behind the gifts, and the lift -in spirit which this food brings. to thousands of refugees, is a 59-year-old Roman Catholic priest who is responsible for con- verting more than $15 million.. worth of surplus foodstuff from. the U.S. into goo d, nutritious needles.. An extroverted Mar y k n a 11 missionary from New Rochelle, N.Y., Monsignor John Romani- ello virtually lives and breathes noodles. He shamelessly solicits contributions ($100,000 so far) for his refugee relief program from every visiting American he can reach — including the crews of Navy • ships in Hong King for rest and recreation. On the golf course, he has been known to 'insist upon playing for 10 pounds of noodles a hole. He glories in the title of Noodle King --of Hong Kong and any time at all he's likely to break into his "theme song" to the tune of "Sugartime": "Noodles in the morning/Noodles in the eve- ning , , , Just try Rainy's noo- dles/You'll choose them every time." Homy, who went to Hong Kong in 1957 to head the CRS. there, says his concern about •this ancient and popular 'Chi- nese food stems from a flaw in the U.S. relief program: Even though surplus foods from the U.S reach Hong Kong regularly, they come in unfamiliar or un- usable forms. Milk powder and corn meal, for instance, are dis- tasteful innovations to the Ori- ental palate; wheat flour is well liked but requires mere space for processing than most refu- gees are living in (3 feet by 6). THE FLOWER QUEEN -- tall, brown-haired Paula Pace, 18, Will rulii'bver 350,000 floWers as queen of the 1960 International! Azalea. Festival. ISE BRIGHT CHILD 1.6Ve wort, et victory over culture in the Oise of 4-year old Alice Marie; ct youngster with ei nadir-genius 1,,Q. of 1 3 8., The New Jersey State board of Child Welfare oiled that she tbUid remain with, the only parents she has eaisse r known, Me., arra Mrs. Richard Combs of Old Bridge. A dUtery tidtliNf the bOdrd Weis 'aroused when it fled' SO' 'take Alice Marie frarn the Comas, Maintaining that theit- Iktwe'fies didn't fidve, the' proper cultural d hatatp are.